Kristen Hinman

RFT Chows Down on Food-Writing Awards

​At the risk of bragging, Riverfront Times cleaned up recently at the annual Association of Food Journalists Awards. RFT editorial contributor Brooke Foster won best food feature (for a newspaper under 172,000 circulation) for her article (right), "What happens when you take the same shopping list ... More >>

RFT Chows Down on Food Writing Awards

​At the risk of bragging, Riverfront Times cleaned up recently at the annual Association of Food Journalists Awards. RFT editorial contributor Brooke Foster won best food feature (for a newspaper under 172,000 circulation) for her article (right), "Tastes Like Chicken." Former staff writer Kriste ... More >>

Photo Shows RFT Reporters on Enemies List of Accused Clayton Bomber, Milton "Skip" Ohlsen

Fox 2The "enemies" list with "Chad Garrison" and "Kristen" in the center, below Post-It notes with the names of Ohlsen's ex-wife, her divorce attorney and others.​On Wednesday, KTVI Fox 2 aired evidence seized from the downtown loft of accused Clayton bomber, Milton "Skip" Ohlsen, that confirms de ... More >>

Maplewood Farmers' Market Opens Today

Jennifer SilverbergDanielle and Justin Leszcz of YellowTree Farm​After a long, cold, snowy winter, the farmers' market season is finally upon us. The Maplewood Farmers' Market at Schlafly Bottleworks (7260 Southwest Avenue, Maplewood; 314-241-2337) kicks off this afternoon at 4 p.m. and will r ... More >>

Washington Post Highlights St. Louis Craft Beer

St. Louis craft beer welcomes more and more breweries.​Former RFT staff writer Kristen Hinman, whose desk was located directly next to Gut Check International Headquarters, has an article in the Washington Post about the growth of the beer scene in St. Louis beyond Anheuser-Busch.Hinman gives prop ... More >>

Pig Shit to Paved Roads: Ain't Science Wonderful?

image via​Innoventor, an Earth City-based company, got a $1 million grant from the Environmental Protection Agency last year to build a pressure cooker-like contraption that reduces pig waste into bio-oil that can be used to make asphalt, among other things. Former Riverfront Times staff writ ... More >>

RFT readers weigh in on Monsanto's tearless onion, Rep. Rob Mayer's new abortion bill, and whether nudity ought to be banned in Missouri strip clubs

Poll: Would You Shop at a Downtown Farmers' Market?

Yesterday, Kristen Hinman posted the news that the Downtown St. Louis Partnership has asked Patrick Horine of Tower Grove Farmers' Market, Local Harvest Grocery and Local Harvest Café & Catering to help organize a new farmers' market downtown.The item has already prompted several comments both ... More >>

The Ten Most Important St. Louis Restaurant Openings of the Aughts #2: Monarch (2003)

​Monarch (2003)Josh Galliano is reason enough to rank Monarch so high: The Louisiana native, sent packing when Katrina devastated New Orleans, is everything you could want in a chef -- creative yet respectful of tradition; ambitious yet humble. Yet he has been the executive chef at Monarch for onl ... More >>

2009 in Review: May

​​It was the month of Kristen! My colleague Kristen Hinman won three prestigious journalism awards for her stellar feature about Missouri hog farmer Russ Kremer, "The Pope of Pork": a James Beard Foundation award, an Associaton of Alternative Newsweeklies award and an Association of Food Journal ... More >>

The Top Ten Pannus Photos on the Internet!

In honor of Jane Doe v. V. Leroy Young, et al., a.k.a the Case That Will Not Die, Unreal presents ...The Top Ten Pannus Photos on the Internet!But first we'd like to take a moment to point out that in his polemic yesterday about the plaintiff's Motion for a New Trial, Riverf ... More >>

Doe v. Young Returns! Because There's No Such Thing As Too Much Pannus

Click the pic to download your own personal copy of the motion for a new trial.​Two weeks after a federal jury decided that a trio of local cosmetic surgeons must pay his client $100,000 for having supplied photographs of her to Riverfront Times, attorney Richard Witzel has filed a motion for a ne ... More >>

Calling All Drunkards, Liars and Enemies of God!

Photo by Kristen Hinman​ How's this for a catchy Christian billboard? Spotted on I-55 North just before the Gravois Road exit....

Pi Fight!

​RFT scribe Kristen Hinman has an interesting article on our food blog Gut Check about an ownership squabble at the popular Pi Restaurant -- a.k.a. Barack Obama's favorite pizzeria.Check out the details of the "Pi fight" here. 

Audio: Kristen Hinman on "Butt Heads" on KTRS' McGraw Show

You know what they say: "Smoke 'em if you got 'em." And today we got oodles of posts regarding smoking bans. So, without further ado...If you missed Kristen Hinman talk with McGraw Milhaven on talk radio station KTRS bright-and-early Friday morning, you can hear the nine-minute, fourteen-second inte ... More >>

Even More Plaudits for Kristen Hinman and "The Pope of Pork"

You didn't think Gut Check would let a week pass without noting another award nomination for my colleague Kristen Hinman, did you?Hinman's "The Pope of Pork" has been nominated for the 2009 Association of Food Journalists Awards Competition in the category "Best Newspaper Food Feature (Circulation 2 ... More >>

More Plaudits for Kristen Hinman and "The Pope of Pork"

Forgive me if Gut Check sounds like a broken record, but my colleague Kristen Hinman continues to pick up award nominations for her grand-slam feature story, "The Pope of Pork." Hinman's profile of hog farmer Russ Kremer is one of three finalists in the "Food Writing" category of the 2009 AltWeekly ... More >>

Riverfront Times' Kristen Hinman Wins James Beard Award

Riverfront Times staff writer Kristen Hinman last night won the James Beard Foundation Award in the category "Newspaper Feature without Recipes" for her article "The Pope of Pork." The article profiles Missouri hog farmer Russ Kremer and the Ozark Mountain Pork Cooperative.This is Hinman's second aw ... More >>

This Week in Gut Check, Regurgitated

Chad GarrisonSomehow, it's already May. Don't know about you, but my brain is still playing catch up from approximately mid-March. At any rate, it's been another fun week on Gut Check, what with Dara sneaking into the race track, Zach accepting a bet to drink only one cup of coffee a day, Dave profi ... More >>

This week in RFT, April 15 to April 22

A repertorial smorgasbord awaits this week in RFT. Writer Kristen Hinman gets the ball rolling with a story on the Liberation Christian Church, whose hip-hop "Soul Force" sermons has made for a unique worship experience every other Sunday on the Delmar Loop. You'll also want to ta ... More >>

Feature Video: Holy Hip-Hop

In this week's paper, Kristen Hinman wrote a story called Holy Hip-Hop: "Soul Force" strikes the Loop every other Sunday for a one-of-a-kind worship service. The article details the city's only Sunday morning hip-hop worship service, "Soul Force," which takes place once every month at the Regio ... More >>

Audio: "Vanishing Act" Author Kristen Hinman Interviewed on KTRS

Kristen Hinman, author of a two-part Riverfront Times investigation, "Vanishing Act," appeared this morning on the McGraw Show on KTRS-AM (The Big 550), to discuss the story.  If you happened to be sleeping during its 7:20 a.m. airing, don't fret. You can listen to the entire radio interview be ... More >>

Riverfront Times' Kristen Hinman a James Beard Award Finalist

Riverfront Times staff writer Kristen Hinman is one of three finalists in the "Newspaper Feature without Recipes" category of the 2009 James Beard Foundation Awards. Hinman is nominated for "The Pope of Pork," her profile of Missouri hog farmer Russ Kremer and the Ozark Mountain Pork Cooperative.The ... More >>

This Week's RFT, March 19-25

It's Thursday. And you know what that means? You guessed it -- this week's Riverfront Times is on newsstands now. Below is a quick rundown of just a few of the stories you won't want to miss. In the "News Dept." writer Nicholas Phillips explains why some rival agencies complain that casting com ... More >>

Vanishing Act: Toddler Christian Ferguson Before His Disappearance

Three years old, with baby fat still puffing out his cheeks, the boy in the video grins up at the dreadlocked woman towering over him and asking his name. "Chis-ching!" he blurts. "That my ba-aaaaby!" cries Theda Thomas, sliding toward the edge of her seat. ... More >>

Winter Farmers' Market Set To Begin

The winter farmers' market at St. John Episcopal Church in Tower Grove South opens this Saturday morning.

In This Week's Issue: Pork, Deluxe and Spanish Coffee

This week's issue is now available online. Kristen Hinman presents a feature story on Russ Kremer and the Ozark Mountain Pork Cooperative. I review Deluxe Fine Food & Spirits, a comfort-food joint and bar in Maplewood. Kristie McClanahan's Drink of the Week visits Cafe Ventana for a Spanish Cof ... More >>

Basketball by the Book: The Post Dispatch's Selective Distortion

Video: St. Louis' Homeless Soccer Team

No deadbeats here: A Cardinals exec steps up to the plate regarding the team's tax issues

Days of Wine and Pizza

Dead Red?

Spring has sprung, and the restaurant scene's abuzz with change.

Is Red Kaput?

In This Week's Issue

The All Nude Bare Ass Naked Truth: It Ain't Over Till the Fat Lady Sues

Basketball by the Book: Documentary Evidence

Basketball by the Book: Documentary Evidence

This Week's Issue

This Week's Issue

Have They No Shame?

Vet Vents

Week of June 14, 2007

RFT Readers Show Their Bunny Love

Apparently not everyone likes to eat rabbits.

"Intimacy is not the same, and I no longer wear thongs.

"I feel as if some of my female dignity has been stolen."

"Our families immigrated here legally and respect the laws, customs, rules and norms of this great nation.

And we expect everyone else to do the same."

"Timothy Lane is the only reason I ever picked up a RFT, and is the only reason I ever will.

We now wait in anticipation for the next You Are Here."

Hinman Wins EWA Award

"This team should be recognized for their perseverance, ambition, love for one another and the courage and dedication to overcome."

Week of January 18, 2007

The Legacy of Creg Williams (The Remix)

"When you think about it, is it really the school’s responsibility to prepare students for the outside world?"

Week of June 28, 2006

Week of November 9, 2005

"Scientology has answers to life's problems."